So, I am new to this forum. There are still many things about PSSD I should learn. So most of you have been here for years and can give me some info about this condition.1- How common is PSSD? If it is like >1% of people who take these SSRI, SNRI get PSSD, why is the world so quiet about this condition. Why is that that it is not believed by doctors. There are millions of people taking such pills, even if only a small percentage of them get PSSD, why is it that no one talks about it?2- I have asked some of you about glans sensitivity. Most of you said that all the glans have less sensitivity and not only some specific parts. In my case, my tip of glans is sensitive and also right and left of my glans. Those parts which are touched during fapping are insensitive, can I conclude it is not caused by PSSD and actually my problem is the fact that I started masturbating as soon as I came of the meds. Since it was hard to masturbate then and the fact that masturbation was rough maybe desensitized some parts of my glans. Do you think it can be restored by not fapping?3- If I am suffering from PSSD, how much should I hope for recovery with realism? I haven't heard of many who recovered. That's disappointing.4- Should I just wait till I recover or should I take something or doing anything?

1. I have no idea how common it is. People may not be reporting for many reasons: maybe it just went away, maybe we are a smaller group than we thought, maybe most people just lurk forever, a lot of people hate talking to their doctor about their penis, and lastly, some people probably don't make the correlation to SSRIs. I for one, think that this is beyond rare and possibly related to genetic factors.

2. I doubt you can restore sensitivity by nofap. Unless you are practically strangling your dong. I know that some guys have problems ejaculating because of masturbating too aggressively

3.It's hard to say. Some people recover out of nowhere after like two months, or two years, or some other random amount of time. And you are right, there aren't many success stories. But it would be fair to assume that there are plenty of people that are in a close to or "pre-PSSD" state after getting off of SSRIs and never get to full blown PSSD. In that case, you would just think it was some level of depression, as would your doctor and you would just go on with your life and never think about it again.

4. If I were you, I would just read through various treatments in the "about" section of the PSSDlab website here: https://pssdlab.wordpress.com/That way, you can try something that seems legit to you if you wanna go down that path. You could also just wait a bit and see if you improve on your own. I tend to think that finding a good treatment would just hurry up the process that heals some people over time. Most of us are probably stuck in a hormonal "loop".

There is more information on this than ever before though. It feels like we are narrowing it down more and more. I'm not ready to give up yet. We have to figure this shit out eventually!

-The forums probably only account for a small fraction of the people who have it.As a point of reference, prostatitis has a prevalence of 2.2-9.7%(many cases are chronic), yet the largest forum only has 2741 members. The reason for this is that people just don’t want to talk about this type of stuff, even anonymously. People may not even be reporting their symptoms to their doctors.

-Many people may not realize they have it because their dysfunction happened gradually. I was reading about a condition called hyperprolactinaemia on wikipedia. The article says that men may not recognize a loss of sexual function since it’s gradual, and that some only realize they have a problem after they get treated. I'm thinking PSSD might be similar in that regard.

There’s not enough information to definitively say what the prevalence rate of PSSD is. I would guess that anywhere between 0.1-1% of SSRI users get it. But again, that’s just a guess, there’s no hard data.

#2 Fapping doesn’t seem to make a difference for most PSSD sufferers. Personally, I’ve noticed that abstaining has a positive effect on my condition. My case is unique though, since my PSSD has evolved into CPPS symptoms. If you think abstaining is worth a shot, go for it.

#3 Try not to spend too much time worrying about how long your case will last. Again, there isn’t any hard data about it. The people who have long term cases are the ones who are most likely to visit these forums and write about it. The ones whose cases were short term may not want to come back and provide an update. Trying to determine the duration of PSSD by looking at the cases here would be a form of selection bias, I think.

Stress worsens PSSD, so I highly recommend that you try to decrease your stress levels as much as possible. I know it’s hard to focus on anything other than PSSD right now, but you have to get your mind off it. Meditating will help. It’s hard at first, but if you keep practicing you’ll get good at it. You’ll gain a much greater control of your stress. This is really important.

4. It might be time to start experimenting with supplements. The supplements most commonly talked about here are safe. You don’t have anything to lose by trying them. If you’re thinking about taking a prescription medication, make sure you do a lot of research beforehand.

Pretty much what glitch and anxietor said. As for the glans sensitivity, I wouldn't get too hung up on wether or not it's the same insensitivity everyone else is experiencing. We all experience PSSD symptoms differently and this includes genital anesthesia.